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Foreign Eyes: International Students Reflect on Utrecht - Softcover

Besamusca, Emmeline

 
9789085550457: Foreign Eyes: International Students Reflect on Utrecht
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9085550459 ISBN 13: 9789085550457
Publisher: Pallas Publications, 2011

Synopsis

Annually, hundreds of students from all over the world come to study at Utrecht University. To commemorate the university’s 375th anniversary, current and past international students were invited to refl ect on Dutch culture. What do they consider particularly noteworthy, surprising, incomprehensible or charming in their Dutch academic life? From a personal perspective and in their own words, the students share their experiences and comment on remarkable, frustrating and fascinating features of Dutch culture.
Curtainless windows, delicious stroop wafels, a scent of freedom in the streets, canals refl ecting the city, professors on bicycles, cherished individualism and shared teabags: Dutch culture seen through foreign eyes.

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About the Author

Emmeline Besamusca lectures in Dutch Culture at Utrecht University and at th e University of Vienna.

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Annually, hundreds of students from all over the world come to study at Utrecht University. To commemorate the university s 375th anniversary, current and past international students were invited to refl ect on Dutch culture. What do they consider particularly noteworthy, surprising, incomprehensible or charming in their Dutch academic life? From a personal perspective and in their own words, the students share their experiences and comment on remarkable, frustrating and fascinating features of Dutch culture. Curtainless windows, delicious stroop wafels, a scent of freedom in the streets, canals refl ecting the city, professors on bicycles, cherished individualism and shared teabags: Dutch culture seen through foreign eyes.

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Publisher
Pallas Publications
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9085550459
ISBN 13 
9789085550457
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
140